12 Principles of Spiritual Intelligence

By Danah Zohar, author of Rewiring The Corporate Brain

Self-awareness: Knowing what I believe in and value, and what deeply motivates me.

Spontaneity: Living in and being responsive to the moment.

Being vision and value-led: 
Acting from principles and deep beliefs, and living accordingly.

Holism: Seeing larger patterns, relationships, and connections; having a sense of belonging.

Compassion: Having the quality of “feeling-with” and deep empathy.

Celebration of diversity: Valuing other people for their differences, not despite them. 

Field independence: Standing against the crowd and having one’s own convictions.

Humility: Having the sense of being a player in a larger drama, of one’s true place in the world.

Tendency to ask fundamental “Why?” questions: 
Needing to understand things and get to the bottom of them.

Ability to reframe: Standing back from a situation or problem and seeing
the bigger picture or wider context.

Positive use of adversity: Learning and growing from mistakes, setbacks, and suffering.

Sense of vocation: Feeling called upon to serve, to give something back.